There are many new restaurants opening in the Indianapolis area in the fall of 2017. You can sample some of them at the IndyStar Food & Wine Experience on Oct. 7 at Clay Terrace in Carmel.
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Provision, Indy's newest restaurant, opened Sept. 12 inside the north side's new Ironworks Hotel. Chef-driven with a focus on local ingredients, the restaurant features a chef's table where head toque Layton Roberts dishes out one of the city's most creative menus.

Rook, one of IndyStar food writers favorite Indianapolis restaurants. "Expect boom-pow flavors and plenty of textures," Biro writes in her review of Rook.

Cerulean, a true fine-dining experience in Downtown Indianapolis. "Chef Alan Sternberg and team put so much thought into every dish, from the beautiful local ingredients they choose to the artful presentations," Biro says.

Gallery Pastry Shop, open less than a year in SoBro, this dessert bar has become a hotspot for some of Indy's most refined sweets. Pastry master Ben Hardy "produces European-style pastries, meaning delicate, beautiful and not-too-sweet things all made from scratch," Biro says in her review of the shop.